There are so many metaphors for the workspace on a computer, I think it's a bit looney to pick any one and call it terrible [unless it's MS Bob]. If one metaphor doesn't suit you, use another. Even Win32 can be shelled and use an alternate file manager. And, yes, you can use the keyboard and autocompletion to navigate. I would set foot in the registry without it.
Yeah, I'll be damned if I can't get Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Riviera Paradise" to sound halfway decent. It's the only one that I have problems with. Lot of guitar with SRV, but the one Boston CD I have worked beautifully. I may to go to 640 just for that one song, and even then it may still sound tinny as a... something tinny.
I'm using CD-DA X-Tractor v0.20 (Win32) using Lame v3.88, VBR encoding, max at 320, min at 32. I'm hard pressed to tell the difference between the CD and the MP3. I can detect subtle differences, but only if I'm concentrating hard enough to pinch a loaf. I'm not talking 7 grain. Well I am in a way, but...
This is usually just nice background music for me anyway. I've ripped my personal CD's, so's I can control the quality, and I'm pretty darn happy with that.
P.S. Yeah, I have bought more CD's since Napster came along.
I tried to find a spot that would be better than the parking lot of my apartment complex in Kirkland, WA, but couldn't find anything. As soon as I headed down the hill I hit a fog bank.
I gestimate there were about 10 per minute between 2 am and 3 am PST. It was a nice event, but looked nothing like the woodcuts from the 19th century. I wanted freaky star trails! I wanted warp speed! However, this did nicely.
The origianl project that spawned the Kittinger jump was Project Manhigh. It was the Air Forces early attempt to simulate space travel. At 132,000 feet, there is barely any air. When Kittinger jumped, it literally felt like he was floating, because there was no air resistance. He broke the sound barrier during that jump because of the low air density.
Project Manghigh was basically a space capsule suspended below a giant helium balloon. It was a hell of a lot cheaper than using a rocket and actually reaching orbit. The only problem was that of gravity. Any spacewalk was automatically going down at 9.8ms^2.
There were a lot of questions about heating and cooling that were answered, but NASA and the government ignored them.
Not much of a ghost story, but entirely true. It happened here at work...
I had just gotten off a long call with a total primate, and was grumbling off toward the bathroom. I rounded the corner and saw someone go in ahead of me. I opened the door, glanced over at the sinks; no one there. I looked at the urinals and stalls; no one there. I did a double take. There was no way anyone could have walked past me. It wasn't frightning at all, but very interesting.
Proabably some tech support person who couldn't let go. God knows I've tried to troubleshoot my pillow in a half-sleepy stupor.
Yep. WinXP is Windows 2002 v 5.1.2600. Which translates to Windows NT 5.1 [Windows 2002] build 2600.
Windows NT 3.1 was the first version, because Windows 3.1 was realeased at the same time, and they didn't want people to think that WinNT was a lesser version, hence no NT 1.0.
Anyway, if you have to run Windows, run Win2000. WinXP is evil.
I'm using Opera 5 on Win2000, trying to figure out how to fool msn.com. I use IE 5.5 as my default browser for the same reason that a newbie would, it's built-in and made by MS.
It's intersting to note that if you type "Linux" in search at MSN.com, you get Amazon, followed by http://www.linux.org (along with the usual suspects). I'd be more interested to see if that changes in time. If any mention of Linux disappears from MSN.
Open Monopoly in the sense that there is no single word to define an open source-world. Open Antimonopoly? Antiopoly?
"...the economics of open-source software will break Microsoft's operating system hammerlock and replace it with a what they describe as an 'open monopoly.'" I Personally have issues with such claims..."
They like this "Open Monopoly" in the article. I like the OM idea [Om... Om... heh!] and MS should too. MS is trying to go to a purely service-based model, where they charge for service instead of product, they have nothing to fear! MS releases buggy, monolithic services that are crash prone, and OM delivers streamlined, reliable, thoroughly pre-tested software and services... oh... wait...
Right. For all of the points I've made -- some sharp, others dull -- I'd never even installed Linux on any of my machines until 2 months ago. I work helpdesk for a large software company in Redmond, go figure. It was so easy I felt a bit guilty. The default KDE desktop was nothing to navigate. Nothing a lab monkey couldn't figure out. How did we lose the war? What qualifies one person to make a statement like that? Why are we reacting to it?
Linux needs more exposure like "the Heist" IBM commercial that ran recently. We need a warm and fuzzy spokesperson [Bert?] to show everyone linux.
Ok, now... My parent's rig is a K62-500 with 64 Megs of RAM. One of my freinds has my old P233 with 64 Megs. Those are surfing machines. The $200 machines from Compgeeks.com are surfin' machines. 733 Mhz Celerons are bit more than just surfin' machines.
It was explained in the book and the movie 2010 that Hal went insane because the NSA fucked with his program.
Hal's basic nature was to explore and discover, but the mission is of the highest priority [watch everyone twitch in 2010 every time Hal mentions how important the mission is], all others recinded [borrowing from Alien, but that's the gist].
Dave Bowman and Frank Poole had no idea why they were going to Jupiter, and Hal was forbidden from telling them.
I saw the title, wiped my fevered brow and said, "But Hayden Christensen looks and sounds cool."
Then I heard Nancy Sinatra and thought of Austin Powers. I heard a voice: "I love to see girls of that calibre!"
Then suddenly the Grace Jones video of her version of "Demolition Man" floated through my mind. If you've seen it, ya know what I mean. If ya don't yer just a pup.
I could alter the statement this way: "The cold mathematics of Jackson Pollock telling his arm to draw an arc from A to B is kind of a turnoff". I like Pollock, but a lot of his work could be duplicated by a computer without much effort.
All art is subjective, irregardless of education or background.
Actually, I'd been told by a number of exchange students that the basic American accent is pretty flat. There isn't much of one. I live here in Ecotopia, Seattle, or Pugetropolis if you prefer. There are other regional accents of course, such as the much maligned Southern accent.
Oh yeah, I like the show. The worst shows are merely bad.
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What's everyone grousing about? There's nothing wrong with the product that comes out of Redmond!
http://www.redmondlinux.org/
Cheeseballs!
Call me Offtopic, but ...
kilometer == kilometre
saber == sabre
color == colour
armor == armour
0.6 mile == 1 kilometer/kilometre
tomato == tomato
Slashdot is world-wide, baby.
There are so many metaphors for the workspace on a computer, I think it's a bit looney to pick any one and call it terrible [unless it's MS Bob]. If one metaphor doesn't suit you, use another. Even Win32 can be shelled and use an alternate file manager. And, yes, you can use the keyboard and autocompletion to navigate. I would set foot in the registry without it.
Hey Dan, want some cheese with that whine?
Two words: Clive Sinclair. One link: http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/vehicles/c5.htm.
...and no snipes about Neville Chamberlain
Yeah, I'll be damned if I can't get Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Riviera Paradise" to sound halfway decent. It's the only one that I have problems with. Lot of guitar with SRV, but the one Boston CD I have worked beautifully. I may to go to 640 just for that one song, and even then it may still sound tinny as a ... something tinny.
I'm using CD-DA X-Tractor v0.20 (Win32) using Lame v3.88, VBR encoding, max at 320, min at 32. I'm hard pressed to tell the difference between the CD and the MP3. I can detect subtle differences, but only if I'm concentrating hard enough to pinch a loaf. I'm not talking 7 grain. Well I am in a way, but ...
This is usually just nice background music for me anyway. I've ripped my personal CD's, so's I can control the quality, and I'm pretty darn happy with that.
P.S. Yeah, I have bought more CD's since Napster came along.
I tried to find a spot that would be better than the parking lot of my apartment complex in Kirkland, WA, but couldn't find anything. As soon as I headed down the hill I hit a fog bank.
I gestimate there were about 10 per minute between 2 am and 3 am PST. It was a nice event, but looked nothing like the woodcuts from the 19th century. I wanted freaky star trails! I wanted warp speed! However, this did nicely.
IBM Workpad Z50. It's a WinCE device that one can install NetBSD onto. http://www.orcawerks.com/sgi/misc/ibmz50/ has the info.
Might be a better idea to get a slightly used laptop, though. As others have already said, an IBM thinkpad would be a good place to start.
The origianl project that spawned the Kittinger jump was Project Manhigh. It was the Air Forces early attempt to simulate space travel. At 132,000 feet, there is barely any air. When Kittinger jumped, it literally felt like he was floating, because there was no air resistance. He broke the sound barrier during that jump because of the low air density.
Project Manghigh was basically a space capsule suspended below a giant helium balloon. It was a hell of a lot cheaper than using a rocket and actually reaching orbit. The only problem was that of gravity. Any spacewalk was automatically going down at 9.8ms^2.
There were a lot of questions about heating and cooling that were answered, but NASA and the government ignored them.
http://www.mchawking.com/
"Aw Yeah! This be some funky-ass shit I be laying on your ass!"
HAH! You really won't like it when they go to Yukon!!! No more SMB for you!!!
Make me Offtopic. Poof!
The sound of children laughing and playing on a playground == GOOD
The sound of children laughing and playing in an abandoned house == BAD
Not much of a ghost story, but entirely true. It happened here at work...
I had just gotten off a long call with a total primate, and was grumbling off toward the bathroom. I rounded the corner and saw someone go in ahead of me. I opened the door, glanced over at the sinks; no one there. I looked at the urinals and stalls; no one there. I did a double take. There was no way anyone could have walked past me. It wasn't frightning at all, but very interesting.
Proabably some tech support person who couldn't let go. God knows I've tried to troubleshoot my pillow in a half-sleepy stupor.
Yep. WinXP is Windows 2002 v 5.1.2600. Which translates to Windows NT 5.1 [Windows 2002] build 2600.
Windows NT 3.1 was the first version, because Windows 3.1 was realeased at the same time, and they didn't want people to think that WinNT was a lesser version, hence no NT 1.0.
Anyway, if you have to run Windows, run Win2000. WinXP is evil.
I'm using Opera 5 on Win2000, trying to figure out how to fool msn.com. I use IE 5.5 as my default browser for the same reason that a newbie would, it's built-in and made by MS.
It's intersting to note that if you type "Linux" in search at MSN.com, you get Amazon, followed by http://www.linux.org (along with the usual suspects). I'd be more interested to see if that changes in time. If any mention of Linux disappears from MSN.
Open Monopoly in the sense that there is no single word to define an open source-world. Open Antimonopoly? Antiopoly?
... Om ... heh!] and MS should too. MS is trying to go to a purely service-based model, where they charge for service instead of product, they have nothing to fear! MS releases buggy, monolithic services that are crash prone, and OM delivers streamlined, reliable, thoroughly pre-tested software and services ... oh ... wait ...
"...the economics of open-source software will break Microsoft's operating system hammerlock and replace it with a what they describe as an 'open monopoly.'" I Personally have issues with such claims..."
They like this "Open Monopoly" in the article. I like the OM idea [Om
Yeah. Anyway.
Right. For all of the points I've made -- some sharp, others dull -- I'd never even installed Linux on any of my machines until 2 months ago. I work helpdesk for a large software company in Redmond, go figure. It was so easy I felt a bit guilty. The default KDE desktop was nothing to navigate. Nothing a lab monkey couldn't figure out. How did we lose the war? What qualifies one person to make a statement like that? Why are we reacting to it?
Linux needs more exposure like "the Heist" IBM commercial that ran recently. We need a warm and fuzzy spokesperson [Bert?] to show everyone linux.
Ok, now ... My parent's rig is a K62-500 with 64 Megs of RAM. One of my freinds has my old P233 with 64 Megs. Those are surfing machines. The $200 machines from Compgeeks.com are surfin' machines. 733 Mhz Celerons are bit more than just surfin' machines.
Hell, the 233 and 500's are servers with Linux!
Cheers == Star Trek II
... You won't give me the Genesis device? Okey-doke!
Taxi == Star Trek III
So Kirk
Gahhhh!!!!!!!!
The Mars XPerience I brought to you by Microsoft. The MS floppy windows flag flutters in the breeze...
It was explained in the book and the movie 2010 that Hal went insane because the NSA fucked with his program.
Hal's basic nature was to explore and discover, but the mission is of the highest priority [watch everyone twitch in 2010 every time Hal mentions how important the mission is], all others recinded [borrowing from Alien, but that's the gist].
Dave Bowman and Frank Poole had no idea why they were going to Jupiter, and Hal was forbidden from telling them.
I saw the title, wiped my fevered brow and said, "But Hayden Christensen looks and sounds cool."
Then I heard Nancy Sinatra and thought of Austin Powers. I heard a voice: "I love to see girls of that calibre!"
Then suddenly the Grace Jones video of her version of "Demolition Man" floated through my mind. If you've seen it, ya know what I mean. If ya don't yer just a pup.
I could alter the statement this way: "The cold mathematics of Jackson Pollock telling his arm to draw an arc from A to B is kind of a turnoff". I like Pollock, but a lot of his work could be duplicated by a computer without much effort.
All art is subjective, irregardless of education or background.
Actually, I'd been told by a number of exchange students that the basic American accent is pretty flat. There isn't much of one. I live here in Ecotopia, Seattle, or Pugetropolis if you prefer. There are other regional accents of course, such as the much maligned Southern accent.
Oh yeah, I like the show. The worst shows are merely bad.
Funny you should mention Beowolf. Didn't Sadam Hussein buy about 2,000 PS2's?